Ever seen one of these bad boys before?
While it might look like something you’d find swinging from a rusted nail in a stable, this bristled brush is the secret to radiant skin, and a dimple free booty.
No expensive lotions or torture contraptions need apply. Life can be simple ladies and gents!
Beyond it’s extensive use in the beauty industry to help smooth cellulite and exfoliate the entire body, dry brushing increases circulation, boosts the immune system, tightens the appearance of skin, detoxes and drains the lymphatic system, and stimulates all your sleepy nerve endings. Taking 5 mins before you hop in the shower to dry scrub your stellar bod from feet to head is all you’ll need to reap the benefits from this ancient tradition.
What you’ll need and how to:
Beyond it’s extensive use in the beauty industry to help smooth cellulite and exfoliate the entire body, dry brushing increases circulation, boosts the immune system, tightens the appearance of skin, detoxes and drains the lymphatic system, and stimulates all your sleepy nerve endings. Taking 5 mins before you hop in the shower to dry scrub your stellar bod from feet to head is all you’ll need to reap the benefits from this ancient tradition.
What you’ll need and how to:
The Tool: A soft natural fiber bath brush ($10 bucks for a decent one). Or if you’d rather save the moolah opt for a loafed sponge or rough wash cloth that’s probably collecting dust in the cupboard. Synthetic fibers tend to be too course for most skin types. Aim for stimulation instead of pain!
The Method: Before climbing in the shower begin on the souls of the feet and work your way upward. Use long sweeping motions applying more pressure as you stroke up toward the heart for increased circulation. Don’t miss an inch! Spend more time on problem areas like thighs, hips, and the booty. Spending up to five minutes on cellulite prone zones helps to break up the underlying fibrous tissue and gets any stagnate lymph fluid moving and grooving. Apply more pressure to areas of the body with tougher skin (aka souls of feet) and ease up on thinner skinned regions like the inner thighs and arms, face and neck.
Bonus tip for detoxification: Stimulate your internal organs by massaging in a counterclockwise circular motion on the stomach. The skin accounts for a large portion of the bodies detox system, accompanied by the liver, kidneys, bladder and lymphatic system. So why not work on them all at the same time?
Not just for the gals: Cellulite plagues most women, even the super skinny ones, but that doesn’t mean guys should dismiss brushing all together. It’s not all about appearance.
The immune boosting and detox effects are just too amazing to pass up. The scratching sensation of the bristles stimulates the bodies natural healing mechanism. Similar to when you get a rash, the itching you feel is your bodies way to ignite the healing process. By “itching” the entire body with the brush you stimulate and boost the immune system.
Also, by charging up your circulatory system you’ll improve muscular tension and help reduce soreness after a hard workout. Same reason why sauna’s rock.
Also, by charging up your circulatory system you’ll improve muscular tension and help reduce soreness after a hard workout. Same reason why sauna’s rock.
Besides, it’s also one of the quickest and easiest ways I’ve found to energize and invigorate the body in the morning.
Within the first week of adding brushing to my morning routine I have seen my skin transform. It’s softer to the touch and visibly looks firmer. Brushing coupled with drinking lots of water is the trick. Plus, it’s a simply way to age gracefully. Damn what a way to wake up!
Have you tried body brushing before? Have you seen any lasting results from the technique?
Within the first week of adding brushing to my morning routine I have seen my skin transform. It’s softer to the touch and visibly looks firmer. Brushing coupled with drinking lots of water is the trick. Plus, it’s a simply way to age gracefully. Damn what a way to wake up!
Have you tried body brushing before? Have you seen any lasting results from the technique?
